Business Forecasting Contract Job Trends in Wales

Business Forecasting
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Wales requiring Business Forecasting skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 45 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Business Forecasting 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Wales 0.21% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.26% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% +15.07%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Wales

Business Forecasting falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 379 348 380
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 79.96% 85.09% 87.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 219 212 288
10th Percentile £182 £161 £171
25th Percentile £282 £213 £220
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 £425 £425
Median % change year-on-year -3.53% - -10.53%
75th Percentile £500 £550 £575
90th Percentile £613 £650 £650
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 71 45 24
10th Percentile £13.33 £18.93 £17.30
25th Percentile £16.72 £20.12 £21.32
Median hourly rate £18.18 £25.36 £26.58
Median % change year-on-year -28.31% -4.60% +33.51%
75th Percentile £23.71 £40.00 £52.81
90th Percentile £30.75 £48.75 £55.25
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £43.84
% change year-on-year -22.62% -25.86% +25.25%

Business Forecasting
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Business Forecasting relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales.

Business Forecasting job vacancy trend in Wales

Business Forecasting
Contract Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Business Forecasting within the Wales region over the 6 months to 21 December 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South Wales - 1 - - 3
Business Forecasting
UK

Business Forecasting
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wales by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Finance Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Process Improvement
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) ACCA
1 1 (100.00%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GAAP
1 1 (100.00%) IFRS